Cast
Ursula Andress
Acting
Cast
Ursula Andress
Known for
Acting
Born
1936-03-19
From
Ostermundigen, Bern, Switzerland
Also known as اورزولا اندرس
Biography
Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss actress and former model who has appeared in American, British, and Italian films. Her breakthrough role was as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, Dr. No (1962). She later starred as Vesper Lynd in the 1967 Bond parody Casino Royale. Other credits include Fun in Acapulco (1963), 4 for Texas (1963), She (1965), The 10th Victim (1965), The Blue Max (1966), The Southern Star (1969), Perfect Friday (1970), Red Sun (1971), The Sensuous Nurse (1975), Slave of the Cannibal God (1978), The Fifth Musketeer (1979), Clash of the Titans (1981), and Peter the Great (1986). Ursula Andress, the third of six children, was born on 19 March 1936 in Ostermundigen, Canton of Bern, to a Swiss mother, Anna, and Rolf Andress, a German diplomat. Her father was expelled from Switzerland for political reasons and her grandfather, a garden designer, became her guardian. She has a brother, Heinz, and four sisters, Erika, Charlotte, Gisela, and Kàtey. Andress went to school in Bern until she was 16 and learned several languages, including English, French, German, and Italian. She studied art in Paris for a year, then went to Rome, where she worked various jobs including being a children's nanny. Andress was at a party when she met a film producer who offered her a screen test for a role in an Italian film. She was successful and was cast in walk-on parts in An American in Rome (1954) (starring Alberto Sordi), Sins of Casanova (1955) (starring later Bond ally Gabriele Ferzetti), and La catena dell'odio (1955). She was seen by a Hollywood executive who persuaded her to try her luck in Hollywood. Andress arrived in Hollywood in late 1955. That spring she was signed to a seven-year contract with Paramount Pictures, starting at $287 a week. The contract brought no acting roles, owing to her reluctance to learn English. "I spent most of my time watching old Marlene Dietrich movies", she said. Andress received some publicity for dating James Dean shortly before the actor's death. She bought herself out of her contract and in 1956 signed with Columbia Pictures. She made no films for them either. She stayed in Hollywood when she married John Derek in 1957. In 1959, it was announced she and Derek would star in a film, High Variety, but no film resulted. Source: Article "Ursula Andress" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Dr. No
as Honey Ryder
Clash of the Titans
as Aphrodite
Casino Royale
as Vesper Lynd
Red Sun
as Cristina
She
as Ayesha
What's New Pussycat?
as Rita
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
Tigers in Lipstick
as The Stroller / The Widow
Slave of the Cannibal God
as Susan Stevenson
Loaded Guns
as Nora Green
Famous T & A
as Susan Stevenson (archive footage)
Africa Express
as Madeleine Cooper
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Self
The Cave of the Golden Rose 4
as Xellesia
The Blue Max
as Countess Kaeti von Klugermann
The 10th Victim
as Caroline Meredith
The Sensuous Nurse
as Anna
Perfect Friday
as Lady Britt Dorset
The Fifth Musketeer
as Louise de La Vallière
Up to His Ears
as Alexandrine Pinardel
Electric Blue 007
as Self (archive footage)
Fun in Acapulco
as Marguerita Dauphin
4 for Texas
as Maxine Richter
Belmondo by Belmondo
as Self (uncredited)
Belmondo: The Incorrigible
The Incredible World of James Bond
as Self (archive footage)
Red Bells Part I: Mexico in Flames
as Mabel Dodge
Stateline Motel
as Michelle Nolton
An American in Rome
as Astrid Sjöström
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
as Self
The Southern Star
as Erica Kramer
Nightmare in the Sun
as Marsha Wilson
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
as Marie-Antoinette
Love in 4 Easy Lessons
as Marina (segment "La visita")
Anyone Can Play
as Norma
Famous T&A 2
as Susan Stevenson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Safari Express
as Miriam
Sins of Casanova
as viaggiatrice in carrozza
Double Murder
as Princess Anna Dell'Orso
Broken Silence
as Agnes
Reporters
as Self
The Cave of the Golden Rose 3
as Xellesia
Celebrity Nude Revue: The Saucy 70's Volume 1
as Self
The Loves and Times of Scaramouche
as Josephine De Beauharnais
Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops
as Self
Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders
as Betty Starr
Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker
as Self
Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood on Horses
as Self
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond
as Self (archive footage)
Cremaster 5
as Queen of Chain
Mr. Skins Favorite Nude Scenes of 1970
as Herself (Archive Footage)
Harry Saltzman: Showman
as Self
Marcello, una vita dolce
as Self (archive footage)
Once Before I Die
as Alex
Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery
as Self
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever'
as Self
Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr De Hory
as Self
Two hearts, a Chapel
as Ursula Andress (uncredited)
St. Francis Birds Tour
as Madonna
Inside 'Dr. No'
as Self
Ares Gate: La fabbrica delle illusioni
as Self (archive footage)
Terence Young: Bond Vivant
as Self
The Importance of Being Uncomfortable: Gualtiero Jacopetti
as Self
Party in Rio
as Self